KIEV, Oct. 13 – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Wednesday has adopted two resolutions amending its stance on Ukraine.

The title of one of the documents has been changed from "of the conflict in Ukraine" to the following words "of the Russian aggression in Ukraine," according to the document posted on the website of the organization.

KIEV, Oct. 13 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman on Thursday ordered local authorities throughout Ukraine to start centralized heating days earlier than planned in reaction to a spell of cold weather.

KIEV, Oct. 14 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko agreed more talks were needed before a "Normandy format" summit on the Ukraine conflict could be held, the German government said, Reuters reported.

KALUGA, Oct. 15 - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has promised that Moscow will do its best to prevent Ukraine's planned association agreement with the European Union from harming the country's economic relations with Russia.

KALUGA, Oct. 15 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov says he wouldn't want the Association Agreement with the European Union to create obstacles to developing relations between Ukraine and Customs Union member countries, namely Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

TALLINN, Oct. 15 - Ukraine appreciates Estonia's readiness to provide its assistance in the implementation of reforms aimed at signing the Association Agreement with the European Union, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 – A European Parliament mission observer, former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, has said he is confident that the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement will be signed at a summit in Vilnius and that the question of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's treatment will be resolved in the legal field in a way that will be acceptable to everyone.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – Ukraine’s largest opposition party, Batkivshchyna, on Wednesday nominated four candidates to run for seats in Parliament at special elections due on December 15.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – Parliament Human Rights Commissioner Valeriya Lutkovska has called on President Viktor Yanukovych to veto the bill on the introduction of biometric passports and return it to Parliament for revision by experts.

KIEV, Oct. 16 – An obligatory requirement to additionally label medicine and insert dosage information in the regional language or languages of minority groups is not in line with state policy in the healthcare sector, according to the Ukrainian representative office of the American Chamber of Commerce.